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Goodmorning,ladiesandgents.WhatIwanttotalkabouttodayiswhyLiteratureisneededforstudentsmajoringinscienceandengineering.Aswecansee,moststudentsinSJTUmajorinscienceorengineering,suchasme.Anditisafactthatalotofmyfellowstudentsonlyfocusonmathandphysicsproblems.Theydon’treadanysolidliterature.Andsomeofthemevendespiseitbecausetheythinkitisofnouse.Yes,insuchasocietywhichregardsexpertiseandeconomicbenefitsasthetoppriority,literatureseemstobereallyneedlessforusatwork.Butthisdoesn’tmeaningwedon’tneeditatall.Pragmatismhasoccupiedourmindforonlytoolong.Wecancalculate,butwecan’twrite.Wecanmakeanadvancedmachine,butwecan’tmakeasimplegreetingcard.Wemaybegoodearners,butourspiritualworldisempty.Someofusevendon’tknowhowtolivealife.Thelackofliteraturereallydullsourmind.Literatureiscompletelydifferentfromthoseprofessionalabilitieswelearn.Itisnotatool,soitcan’tbejudgedbythesimplequestionofitsusefulness.Literatureisasignificantpartoftheculturalconnotation.Itisthereflectionofpeople’sspiritualpower.Itmayseemunimportantinthewayweearnourliving,butitsurelyisvitalinourlife.Readingliteraryworkscangiveusabettersenseofaestheticsandasenseofmentalsatisfaction.Throughreadingliteraryworks,wecan,moreorless,achievesomeinnerpeace,whichwillcalmusdowninsucharestlessworld.Nowadays,ourheartisfilledwithallkindsofnumerousandcomplicatedstuffthatmakesusfeelempty,impulsiveanddepressedfromtimetotime.Weseemedtobehelplessinfaceofthem.ButthegreatpoetWilliamWordsworthcaneffortlesslyfeelhappythinkingofdaffodils.Imean,whatisthelasttimethatwehavethissimplehappiness?Thisiswhatwecangetthroughreadingliterature,whenweareobsessedinthosegracefulwordsandsentences.Andfromanotherperspective,literaturecansomehowprovesomepracticaluse.Forinstance,boys,youallknowwhatresourcethatSJTUlacksmost,girls.Whenyouwanttogetreallyclosetoyourdreamgirl,abeautifullywrittenlovepoemmaybethebestweapon.Meanwhile,literaturehasaratherbroadmeaning.Whenwereadthroughlinesofwritings,itisalsoanopportunityforustolearnakindofconcernforhumanbeingsandbuildupaproperattitudetowardslife.Thisissomethingwecanactuallybebenefitedfromforawholelifetime.SoIthinkitishightimethatwestartedreadingliteraryworks,nomatterEnglishorChinese.